Hi Junio, On Tue, 2 Dec 2014, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > > >> Not really. You need to remember that we write tests not to show > >> off the new shiny, but to protect essential invariants from being > >> broken by careless others attempting to rewrite the implementation > >> in the future. > > > > Fair enough. You are the boss. > > > > I am not, therefore it does not matter what I think, > > It is not that it does not matter because you are not the boss; it > is just that when you are wrong, you are wrong. Please, there is no need to get emotional, let alone personal. I am not really interested in challenging your policy regarding the test suite, even if it does hurt my development style where I want to run the test suite frequently but its tests just take too long because their focus is more on thoroughness rather than trying to save time in the manner I suggested (i.e. by only lightly testing obscure code paths that will be executed rarely, risking bugs in favor of adding tests when fixing said bugs when – and if – they arise). There is nothing inherently wrong in the way you want to have the test suite, it is a matter of preference, that is all. I would like a more light-weight test suite that runs much faster, you want a thorough one, even if it takes more time to run. So: you are the boss, you do the things you do, and my opinion does not matter. I say this most pragmatically, to save more time by ending this discussion now. There are no hard feelings on my side. Ciao, Johannes